characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.; a positive attitude; the reviews were all positive; a positive benefit; a positive demand'

indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen; a positive pregnancy test

[ Syn: confirming ]

of or relating to positivism; positivist thinkers; positivist doctrine; positive philosophy

[ Syn: positivist , positivistic ]

reckoned, situated or tending in the direction which naturally or arbitrarily is taken to indicate increase or progress or onward motion; positive increase in graduating students'

the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution

[ Syn: positive degree , positive degree ]

a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject

having a positive charge; protons are positive

[ Syn: electropositive , positively charged ]

marked by excessive confidence; an arrogant and cocksure materialist; so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen; the less he knows the more positive he gets

[ Syn: cocksure , overconfident ]

persuaded of; very sure; were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join; I am positive he is lying; was confident he would win

[ Syn: convinced , confident ]

involving advantage or good; a plus (or positive) factor

[ Syn: plus ]

formally laid down or imposed; positive laws

[ Syn: prescribed ]

impossible to deny or disprove; incontrovertible proof of the defendants innocence; proof positive; an irrefutable argument

[ Syn: incontrovertible , irrefutable ]

greater than zero; positive numbers'